Aging

NFL's Carl Nassib came out this week on Instagram, We'll talk about the barriers for LGBT professional athletes. Then, columnist Steven Petrow on the new rules of aging.

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes.

The Food and Drug Administration said it granted approval to the drug developed by Biogen for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Chaim “Charlie” Steg, manager of St. Francis rehab center, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. Three residents died from insufficient care.

A new study from AARP and Drexel’s College of Nursing shows lack of broadband access thwarts telehealth for many older Black and brown residents.

As New Jersey officials push to get more residents vaccinated, advocates are calling for them to make it easier for some of the most vulnerable people to get inoculated.

The Department of Health will help nursing home pharmacies to secure vaccine doses to be administered at the facilities.

Ivy Creek in Glen Mills wanted an on-site vaccine clinic. ‘Independent’ seniors don’t qualify, the CDC said.

The three walk-up clinics are open on Wednesdays for those over age 65, and can serve up to 50 people with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The relaxing of visitation rules in long-term care comes as N.J. grapples with a significant surge in new coronavirus infections, as well as an uptick in hospitalizations.

The percentage of New Jerseyans over age 75 — the group most at risk for death from COVID-19 — who have received at least one shot nearly doubled since late February.

Before the coronavirus struck, loneliness was an “epidemic” among the elderly in the U.S. The pandemic revealed it was just part of the problem.

Ruth Hopson survived the 1918 flu pandemic, and is preparing to outlive COVID-19.

U.S. House and Senate Republicans also want more information on the state’s overall response to nursing homes, citing several Spotlight PA reports.

The Office of Senior Services is looking for even more people to staff the phone line helping seniors and those without computers pre-register for shots.